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CHAS. LOREN WINQ, Editor.
THURSDAY, .IAN. IWI.
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The Chief Executive Manfully
Meets Various Issues.
MONEY FOR COMMON SOEOOLS.
\<lvoe*teN Full Eleven. Million Hol
lar Appropriation, Wiiiilh More
SirliiKcnt I.n w* HojfnrdliiK Olco
Trattle, Favor* Developing Forests,
Uiillot Itel'orm null Election of
I niteit States Senator* hy I'wpulnr
* ote.
(Special Correspondence.)
Harrisbur.-;, .Jan. I. —Governor Will
lam A. Stone, in liis message to the leg
islature, which convened here today,
touches upon many issues in which the
people of the common wealth are Inter
ested. He states that "the two years
iust closed have been the most pros
perous two years in succession the state
has ever experienced. Our people have
been prosperous individually, and that
prosperity has resulted in a large in
crease in the revenues of the state."
Continuing, the governor says:"On
the first of January, 181)!), there
was a deficit in the state treasury of
about $3,000,000. I am happy to state
that owing to the unexpected increase
in ihe revenues this deficit has been
entirely liquidated, there is sufficient
money to pay all unpaid appropriations
as they mature, and there will lie on
the first of January, 1901, a balance,
over and above the amount necessary
to liquidate all demands, of about sl,-
500.000.
"Tae report of the state treasurer,
which will be shortly submitted to you.
will show the total receipts of the treas
ury department from all sources for the
fiscal year ending Nov. 30. 1900, to be
$17,1i 4,211.78. Deduct the interest re
ceived on the securities in the sinking
fund and the securities maturing and
paid into the sinking fund and you
have a balance of receipts avail
able for general disbursement of
$17,192,817.91. Taking out the $344,-
371.50 transferred to the sinking
fund, there was a balance of $16,848,-
443.41 available for general disburse
ment. * * * If you shall appropriate
the million dollars to the public schools
eliminated from the appropriation made
by the last, legislature, there will then
be a balance of $500,000. * * * If the leg
islature shall appropriate for the com
ing two years $11,000,000 for the com
mon schools, as 1 presume it will, and
if it hall make appropriations for the
completion of the capltol, as in my
ji:d' nient it ought to do, it will not be
• -afe to increase the balance of the ap
l ropriations beyond those made by the
last legislature, If the credit of the
v.tnt" is to be preserved, and we are to
avoid another deficit in the treasury."
COMMON SCHOOLS.
"When the legislature convened in
January, 1899," continues the governor,
"there was a deficit in the treas
ury of about three millions of dol
lars. The revenue for the coming
two years estimated by the auditor
getipt i| and state treasurer was entire
ly apuroprinted by the legislature. I i
teli constrained to follow the precedent
t I ■ my predecessors and reduce the
t.ppp-nidations sufficient to permit the
i . din tion of a portion of the deficit
iluili t the coming two years.
" I ■ legislature hi prop: i .ted sll,lOO
- ir the support of the common
schia is for the two years beginning
•litre 1, 1599. Anxious only for the
pre vation of the credit of the state
am 1 •) enable the v pity nieut in part of
ti e e licit then exist ir.', I found myself
• to upprove the whole of this
iM-m ind withheld my approval from
■ .ie Million dollars of the eleven mil
li ' appropriated for the support of
the public schools. Hut an unusual
ami unexpected Incren e Iu the reve
ii' if Ihe state during the i ist two
>• • 1 has enabled the state treasurer
to liquidate the deficit which existed
on tl • first of January. 1-.99, and I am
.'■ ! ui d that there Is a balance In the
i l l treasury of available cash over
:id bove all llabilltl. i vhlch will jus
til he payment of the one million fif
| .. withheld.
I. .heiefori respectfully reeomimnd
tl image of u bill appropriating one
ti of dollars to the common
>ls of the Slate to lie distributed
p rtlonntely under exlstlm: laws for
ill 'wo yen) • , mil. .Inn. | 1901.
i i uurh as the ai ■ro.uiMtlon 'o 'lie
cot aon schools In |v i was in lump
i hi i for tie- two s.u tun i
l! I.and payments of money uf said
ti :>: .prlatlon have b- n mmle and
:c being made by instalment this
api iprlutlon will not wmk any Incon
venience, and the money can be paid
. r e same manner thai It would have
I ■ i paid If tl tie million of dollars
h .1 not been eliminated from the ap
propriation In 1899,"
CAPITOL lU'ILDINO
I poll the subject of the completion
of ibe capltol building, the governor,
. in. ug other things, says: o»
Into the liicie islng demands of net'CH {
y charitable Institutions and the [
uiu xrtaluty that always surrounds an i
tl. paled revenue. I do not think It j
tii ill) be safe to tiike out of the teve- |
lines for the next two y. irs sufficient
tin ney* to complete thlt building, and i
If It cannot be completed In lime for j
it,., meet In c of the next legislature In
.limitary. I9u:t, it* completion may as j
well be |»ist|Hine.l until the meeting ,
ol the legislature In Jit unit r v 1905.
"I, therefore respectfully recomui. till I
li.t pass*** of a law uuiirooiiuUtin mi
nualiy so mucti of the general revenues
of the state during the next four years
as the legislature shall deem necessary
for the proper completion of this build
ing and providing that it be finished
by the first Tuesday in January, 1905."
FOOD LAWS ENFORCED.
In commending the work of the de
partment of agriculture, Governor
Stone says that in the dairy andfooddi
vision attention has principally cen
tered in the enforcement of the law
passed by the last legislature, known
as the oleomargarine law. through the
persistent attempt of certain persons
and certain newspapers to misrepresent
facts for r ditical effect. It has been
repeatedly and persistently charged
that the agricultural department has
nat enforced the law and has not at
tempted to suppress the oleomargarine
traffic, while the records show that the
criminal courts are overcrowded with
••ases brought by the agents of the
dairy and food commissioner. • » »
Since the decision of the superior
court, April 30, 1900, up to Dec. 15,
1900, nine hundred and one criminal
prosecutions have been brought by the
dairy and food commissioner against
oleomargarine dealers in the various
counties of the state. Eighty-seven
of these cases have been terminated
and eight hundred and fourteen are
still pending and undisposed of.
"The agents and attorneys represent
ing the dairy and food commissioner
have made every effort to obtain trial
of these cases. They must await the
disposition of jail cases and the prior
disposal of other cases deemed more
important by the district attorneys who
control the order of trial of cases in
the criminal courts. • • ♦ I am satisfied
that the penalty is insufficient to prop
erly enforce the law. Instead of a fine
of one hundred dollars (or the first
offense, it should not be less than five
hundred dollars, and there should alsjj
be imprisonment of at least sixty days.
For the second offense the fine and im
prisonment should be increased, and 1
recommend that the law be amended in
this particular.
"My attention has also been called by
the secretary of agriculture to the New
York law, which authorizes the grant
ing of injunctions by the courts re
straining and enjoining persons from
selling oleomargarine colored like but
ter. This authority would be a great
aid to the department, and our law
ought to be amended giving like au
thority in this respect. * * * I
am much gratified at prospects of
the early passage in congress of the
Grout bill. If this bill becomes a law,
it will greatly aid in the suppression
of the oleomargarine traffic."
FOR BAI.LOT REFORM.
The governor dwells at some length
upon the question of ballot reform, and
says:"l am heartily in favor of any
legislation that will result in a purer
ballot." There is urgent demand, he
believes, for legislation on this sub
ject, and he urges earnest considera
tion of the suggested remedies by vari
ous reform bodies.
The governor, in referring to the pro
posed Fan-American exposition to be
given at Buffalo, N. Y., says if Penn
sylvania is to be represented there ac
tion must be taken at 6nce. He ad
vocates the passage of a bill repealing
the first section of the act of assembly
approved March 24. 1891, and this
would add SIOO,OOO annually to the rev
enues, and at the same time not inter
fere with the plans of the founders of
the sinking fund.
Governor Stone devotes considerable
. p;tc» in his message to commending
the work of the department of agri
culture in developing the forests of the
state. He advocates the purchase of
fuither tracts of land distributed among
the counties as public parks. He rec
ommends legislation to place the pur
cliast and supervision of such tracts
of land under one management and
permit such management to sell ma
tured timber and timber destroyed by
tiii', etc., to lease coal lands and oil
rights and to pay the proceeds to the
commonwealth. The governor also ad
vocates legislation to encourage com
petition in bidding for furnishing sup
plies tor public buildings and grounds.
He also urges the passage of Judicial,
senatorial, representative and congres
sional apportionment bills, and advo
cate tin election of United States sen
ators by tin- people.
A proposition by Governor Stone iu
favor of compulsory arbitration Iu dis
putes between labor and capital will,
no doubt, attract widespread attention.
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bicycle l.ee oil tile Velodrolllc indoor
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In lliilliui Strike I?mini.
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I,OM>ON. Dec. VI. Dr. Morrison,
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